There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
#161 of 200 in Embeddings.
On MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean, Potion Base 8M scores 18.8 vs 19.9 — lower.
Released 2024-10-29. It is the current version in its line.
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Potion Base 8M is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from minishlab, released Oct 2024.
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), PwC Embedding Expr (open weights).
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×3.6—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GBSOpenPwC Embedding Expr×3.9——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen×2.9—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen×2.8—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GB
BetterBge Large En v1.5unstatedOpen+27%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GB